Chicco NextFit Zip Convertible Seat Reviews Summary

Installation

Pros:

• "Instructions on the seat make install smooth and safer."
• "This chair is super easy to install correctly."
• "Install was the easiest of them all. Flawless."
• "Easy to remove cover for wash, easy to install and uninstall literally a breeze when moving from car to car."
• "The LATCH strap included with it has a nice positive click installation, and the ratcheting device on the side gives you the leverage you need to get this thing tight enough to be safe."
• "It is super easy to install with the supercinch system. It takes less than 5 minutes to get an excellent and safe installation."
• "Super easy to install. I always use the latch for my rear facing child (1-2 years old) and I just installed again in 5 minutes."

Cons:

• "Oh man did I swear up and down trying to install this beast."
• "The installation is very difficult using the the side straps."
• "We HATED that seat, my husband and I both struggled with getting it synched down safely."
• "The install was really tough."
• "Not as easy to install as I hoped."
• "Took a bit of time to install but I think that was mostly me not going through the instructions properly."
• "However, if you need a car seat that is easily installed rear-facing with a seat belt, the NextFit is probably not the right one for you."

Comfort and Design

Pros:

• "This is an awesome car seat - very well padded, has a steel reinforced frame."
• "Another perk to the Chicco line is no head 'drooping' while baby / toddler is asleep in car seat and buckles are easy to tighten / loosen."
• "Our child noticeable naps longer on car rides and wakes up happy instead of cranky."
• "It’s very comfortable and she falls asleep with ease even on short rides."
• "The seat itself feels super comfortable for the little one."
• "Love the padding and convenient reclining, perfect for long trips."
• "The comfort level for my precious boy is perfection."

Cons:

• "The weight seems kind of heavy, but not at all bad(your baby should weigh roughly this much if not more), maybe because of the size compared to a baby it seems awkward."
• "It is difficult to get your child in and out if you have a specific type of car."
• "But the sides are so high, it’s hard to get my one year old in and out of it."
• "It's not a seat you will move from one car to another being that it is so heavy and it's work to set up."
• "The one thing I do not like about this seat in comparison to our other seat that was 1/3 the price is that there is nowhere to store the straps on the side when getting your child in or out."
• "The only reason I give a 4 star is that it is extremely big."
• "The one complaint she has is that it is very big and heavy so it is a pain for her to move."

Safety

Pros:

• "Also seems to be one of the safest so I could not be more pleased with this purchase!!!"
• "Car seats are typically crash tested at 30 mph. We were just in a frontal collision at 40-45 mph. Our toddler's car seat did its job."
• "I feel 100% confident in my baby's safety in this seat."
• "Best car seat! Our car was Tboned with my 11 month old in the car and we all had scrapes and bruises except for the 11 month old who was perfectly fine."
• "Our car was totaled but my son was perfectly safe and completely unharmed."
• "Everyone was okay even my daughter who was secure in the safest car seat on the market."
• "Most importantly, it is a beast and feels sturdy enough to keep my son safe in a collision."

Cons:

• "They don't want to tell me it's safe and then be sued if it isn't safe! So I must buy a new seat even though my toddler is 32 pounds and was supposed to use this seat until she was 65 pounds."
• "The straps seems of cheaper and thinner material than the KeyFit."
• "Will not tighten. Even with my wife in the seat it would not latch tight enough for safety."
• "The buckles are very loose on the straps and like to fall to the bottom of the seat when placing the hardness over the shoulders."
• "This car seat was fine until I saw that the foam in the headrest had broken in half when we were never in an accident."
• "Tightening the anchor straps is not easy and the carseat always seems to wobble more than you would prefer."
• "Unfortunately I was so certain this was going to be the perfect car seat because it’s Chicco that I bought it before my baby even outgrew her infant seat and didn’t open it til 5 months later when she outgrew her Keyfit 30 so now it is non returnable and it is TERRIBLE, the straps won’t loosen no matter how hard I press the button so straps are too tight on my baby."

Cleaning and Maintenance

Pros:

• "Love the color of this seat. We have another one for my older son and by far my favorite feature is being able to zip off the cover and throwing it in the washing machine!"
• "I love the zipper feature so I can just pop the cover in the wash whenever I need to."
• "Zip off and wash cover is also a great feature."
• "It's SUPER easy to clean, you can switch the cupholder from side to side depending on what fits your situation best."
• "The zip cover makes it really easy to clean, which is really nice."
• "Easy to clean. Love how easy it is to just unzip and wash."
• "The zip out liner is a game changer! So easy to clean and cleans up amazing!"

Cons:

• "The cup holder is kinda flimsy and gets in the way of the kids sitting beside the NextFit."
• "More wear than I expected after a year. There are a couple of spots that are wearing out where my daughter's shoes rub the material."
• "When my toddler spilled milk, I thought I had it cleaned up. But the smell in my car kept getting worse so I pulled the seat out and turned it upside down. Out poured old nasty milk!"
• "The Rava’s cover takes forever to dry after washing."
• "The first item that breaks is the orange plastic cover that covers the pull strap entrance into the seat."
• "This seat w the components was hard to wash and things would get stuck under the padding once the toddler phase padding began."
• "No slot on side of seat for metal harness clips to be stored."